Kremlin: Putin ‘Will Have A Couple Extra Hours’ Due To Trump Cancellation

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The Kremlin responded Thursday to President Donald Trump’s announcement that he would cancel his talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the the G20 summit.

“We’re flying to Argentina. We’ve only seen the tweet and reports. We don’t have any official information,” Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told Interfax, as quoted by the Financial Times.

“If that’s the case, the president will have a couple extra hours in his schedule for useful meetings on the sidelines of the summit,” Peskov added while calling for “dialogue” between the countries.

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  1. Avatar for krux krux says:

    “We’ve only seen the tweet and reports. We don’t have any official information.”

    Spanky is such a mess he can’t even show for a meeting with his boss.

    I’m guessing his chain is going to be yanked rather hard.

    Wonder if Putin is going to drop some damning tidbit about now.

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  3. the president will have a couple extra hours in his schedule for …

    … perusing maps to decide which country to “annex” next. That Baltics look nice.

    “It’s a great time for expansion,” Putin’s spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said. "We have completely neutered the US and, along with it, NATO. So why not go on a “shopping spree”?

    “There’s an old saying in Russia,” he continued, “I don’t know if you have it in your countries, but it translates roughly to “Get while the gettin’s good.” Quaint, isn’t it?”

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